EastEnders to kill off member of Beale family

Spoiler alert: Don’t read on if you don’t want to find out who is killed off…

One of the Beale family will be coming to an untimely end (Picture: BBC)

EastEnders is set to kill off a member of the Beale family.

Before you get too excited, no, it’s not Ian Beale who will be taking a one-way ticket out of Walford. EastEnders have confirmed that it is his daughter Lucy Beale who will be killed off this spring.

First introduced along with her twin brother Peter at their birth on December 9 1993, Lucy has been played by several actresses over the years, most notably Melissa Suffield (2004 – 2010) and Hetti Bywater (2012 – present).

In addition to brother Peter and father Ian, Lucy will be survived by half-brother Bobby, half-sister Cindy Jr and ex-stepmother Jane.

Lucy, portrayed by Hetti Bywater has always had a strained relationship with her father Ian (Adam Woodyatt) (Picture: BBC)

A statement released by Eastenders teased, ‘No one knows exactly what happened to Lucy on the night she died, except very few people – even the person responsible for her death.

‘Ian will start to question how well he really knew his daughter, as secrets spill out after her death. But one Walford resident has a very dark secret about what really happened the night Lucy died – and viewers will be left guessing for the rest of the year… What killed Lucy Beale?’